A woman fled from the scene of a crash into a field. Then the cows sprang into action.

It was just after 2 a.m. in Sanford, Fla., when a white Subaru being pursued by officers crashed into a ditch in an area that Bob Kealing, a public information officer with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, describes as both “fairly well-traveled” and not nearly as “in the country” as it looks.

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Jamie Michael Young, who was driving the car, and another passenger, Jennifer Anne Kaufman, jumped from the car and tried to flee, according to a police report. Young was apprehended by a K-9 unit with the Sanford Police Department. Kaufman ran toward a privately owned nearby field. A helicopter circled overhead with an infrared camera to provide nighttime visibility.

“The large group of cows is following her,” a helicopter operator with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said over his headset from above. “Looks like they may attack her.”

Watching the video, that did seem like a plausible outcome: Kaufman ran through the field as the herd took notice of her and began to chase her. She eventually made it to the perimeter, and appeared to climb through a fence to meet waiting police officers.

Ronny Neal, a public information officer with the Sanford police, said he wasn’t sure whether Kaufman, 47, realized she was running into the pasture where about 20 cows awaited her. He does think, though, that the cows helped pinpoint Kaufman’s movement.